Awards

Prizes

2023. 3rd Prize – Musicworks Electronic Music Composition Contest, Toronto
2020. 1st Prize – Excellence in Sound Design – Festival International Virtual & Augmented Reality Stories Competition, Toronto
2012. 1st Prize – Aubagne Film Festival Competition, Aubagne, France
2009. 3rd Prize – GERMI. Competition, Rome
2009. 2nd Prize – InNova Musica Competition, Andorra
2009. 3rd Prize – Giuseppe Verdi Competition, Milan
2007. 1st Prize – Contemporary Music Workshops Competition -Megaron Concert Hall, Athens
2004. 1st Prize – Greek Festival of Chamber Music Competition, Athens

Nominations/Distinctions

2024. Finalist – Onassis ONX Immersive Proof-of-Concept Competition, Athens
2024. Shortlisted – NGB Seeds Innovation Competition, Athens
2022. Electronic Music Composition Teacher of the Year, Lessonface, USA
2023. Finalist – MUSAE STARTS Residency/Competition, EU
2015. Honourable Selection – ‘Sounds of WERGO’ retrospective collection
2015. Honourable Mention – OSSIA Competition, New York
2013 Finalist – Franco Donatoni Competition, Milan
2012. Finalist – New Forum-Jeune Création Competition, Lyon
2011. Honourable Mention – Chengdu-Sun River Competition, Sichuan, China
2011. Finalist – Antonín Dvořák Competition, Czech Republic/South Korea
2011. Finalist – Ville de Nice & Alpes Maritimes Competition, Nice
2010. Honourable Mention – Free Style Competition, London
2009. Finalist – Italian Institute of Culture Competition, Melbourne

Collective Prizes/Nominations/Distinctions

  • First Prize – Best Family Game at Deutscher Computerspielpreis with Honig Studios for El Hijo Video Game – April 2021
  • Forbes’ Top 35 XR Installations Of 2019 with the creative team of Symphony of Noise VR installation – February 2020
  • Finalist – IDFA DocLab Competition for Immersive Non-Fiction, Amsterdam, with the creative team of Symphony of Noise VR installation – October 2019
  • First Prize – Gamescom Indie Award, Germany, with Honig Studios for El Hijo Video Game – September 2019

with Honig Studios Creative Team – for the interactive project Milli

  • Pädi Award – Educational Interactive Prize – November 2015
  • GIGA Maus Award, Germany – for artwork, story and music – October 2015
  • Red Dot Award, Germany August – 2015
  • Mobile of the Day Award –Favourite Website Awards April – 2015
  • Exhibit of the Day, USA – Communication Arts Prize April – 2014
  • Power to the Pixel, U.K. – Best Kids Concept Award – 2013

Scholarships

  1. September 2011 – Mai 2014 – Scholarship of the Onassis Foundation (Greece) for doctoral studies in composition in Paris
  2. September 2008 – August 2009 – Scholarship of the Greek Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers with the Greek Composers Union for doctoral studies in composition
  3. September 2006 – August 2008 – Alexandra Trianti Scholarship from the Athens Concert Hall (Union “Friends of Music”) for postgraduate studies in composition

Grants

  1. February 2018 – Grant of Japan-Greece Society for the participation at the International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, Tokyo
  2. February 2013 – Grant of Impuls Institute for the participation at the Impuls Academy
  3. July 2011 – Grant of Acanthes centre for the participation at the International Workshop of Chamber Music
  4. July 2010 – Grant of Acanthes centre for the participation at the IRCAM International Workshop of Computer Music
  5. September 2009 – August 2011 – Grant of the Leventis Foundation (France-UK) for doctoral studies in composition
  6. May 2009 – Grant from the AHRC (Arts and Humanities Research Council of UK) for the participation at the Sound, Sight, Space and Play International Conference, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK
  7. September 2006 – Grant from the Greek Ministry of Culture and the scholarship of Clinker Foundation for participation in the International Festival of Music and New Technologies Visiones Sonoras, in Mexico
  8. August 2006 – Grant from theInternationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt for participation in Darmstadt International Summer Course